Combined bootjack and foot-rest.



' H. SEGKENDORFF.

COMBINED BOOTJAGK AND r0071. REST.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 81, 1909.

Patented May 31, 1910.

HERMANN SECKENDORFF, 0F HANOVER, GERMANY.

COMBINED BOOTJACK AND FOOT-REST.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed August 31, 1909.

Patented May 31, 1910. Serial No. 515,510.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMANN SECKEN- DORFF, a subject of the GermanEmperor, residing at Hanover, in the German Empire, have inventedcertain new and useful IInprovements in Combined Bootjacks andFoot-Rests, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an appliance adapted to be used alternativelyas a bootjack and as an elevated foot-rest or bench on which the usercan place one foot while lacing the boot thereon.

The object of the invention is to provide, for these two purposes, anappliance which can be converted from one use to the other by simpledownward pressure applied by hand or foot, as will be describedhereinafter.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a side view of the folded appliance, and Fig.2 a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a side view of the appliance, erectedto serve as a foot-rest, and Fig. at shows the appliance partly folded.

The appliance comprises a pair of legs I), connected at their lower,upturned ends by a cross-bar a. To the legs I) is fixed a board 0 havingthe usual crotch for engaging the boot. A board (Z of the same width asthe board 0 is pivoted at e to another pair of legs and is alsoconnected by a slotted connection to the legs 6 by links 71.. The twopairs of legs 6 and g are connected to each other by a pivot f. Each ofthe links it has a notch 2' adapted to engage a pin k projecting fromthe leg 6 connected to the link. The two legs 6 and g at each side ofthe appliance are connected to each other below the pivot f by a springZ. A thick bar or board m con nects the legs 9 to each other, and a hookn is pivoted to the under-part of the board (Z.

For using the appliance as a boot-jack it is folded as shown in Fig. 1,the plate (Z being then in alinement with the plate 0, to serve as arest for one foot while the boot is drawn from the other foot.

For erecting the appliance, the bar a is depressed by means of one foot,so that the legs 6 rock and lift the attached board 0. This enables thesprings Z to contract and raise the upper ends of the legs 9 which liftthe board (Z, and push the latter over the board 0, until the notches z'of the links which engage the pins k on the legs 5. The appliance thenforms an elevated foot-rest or bench on which one foot can be placedduring the lacing of the boot; the board a? has a depression for theheel of the boot.

For re-folding the appliance the rear edge of the board (Z is depressed,as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 3, and by this means the links it aredisengaged from the pins in, so that by depressing the upper ends of thelegs 9 the whole appliance can be caused to collapse, as shown in Fig.4. The bar m serves as a foot for the folded appliance, and the hook itis engaged with the board 0, to retain the appliance in its foldedstate, and must be disengaged by the operator before the appliance canbe operated.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States is 1. In a boot-jack and foot-support the combinationof a pair of legs having upturned ends, a crotched board connected tothe opposite ends of said legs, a second pair of legs pivoted to theaforesaid pair, a board pivoted to said second pair of legs, and linksconnecting said last mentioned board to the first pair of legs, saidlinks being so disposed that the two boards clear each other when thedevice is collapsed and the one overrides the other when the device iserected.

2. In a boot-jack and foot-support the combination of a pair of legshaving upturned ends, a crotched board connected to the opposite ends ofsaid legs, a second pair of legs pivoted to the aforesaid pair, a boardpivoted to said second pair of legs, and links connecting said lastmentioned board to the first pair of legs, said links being so disposedthat the two boards clear each other when the device is collapsed andthe one overrides the other when the device is erected, and pins on saidfirst pair of legs engaging the links in erected position.

In witness whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo Witnesses.

HERMANN SECKENDORFF.

lVitnesses JNo. STEEL TwELLs, LUDWIG KiiTTNER.

